2005 World Cup Finals

World Cup Finals' E-Cards from Laura Petroff

April 21, 2005 - The draw

The setting was beautiful. The FEI President's reception was held in the gardens along the shores of Lake Las Vegas at the new and fabulous Ritz Carlton Resort. All of the riders were present and the judges as well.

The draw for dressage was performed by Mariette Withages, head of the FEI for dressage. It was very orderly and for the USA, Debbie is 2nd, Leslie is 5th, Guenther is 11th and Robert is 13th. First in will be Evie Strasser of Canada. The last 2 are Edward Gal and Anky of the Netherlands.

So, as the announcer Brian said at the close of yesterday's warm-ups, "Let
the games begin!"(Should we say--Let the World Cup begin!")